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2005 Connecticut Code - Chapter 277 — Department of Public Utility Control. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions (contains Secs. 16-1 to 16-50f)
- Sec. 16-1. Definitions.
- Sec. 16-1a. Reference to Public Utilities Commission deemed to mean Public Utilities Control Authority.
- Sec. 16-1b. Department of Public Utility Control. Department head.
- Sec. 16-2. Public Utilities Control Authority. Members, appointment, term, qualifications. Executive director. Staff. Ethics.
- Sec. 16-2a. Office of Consumer Counsel.
- Sec. 16-2b. Term "Office of Consumer Counsel" deemed to mean Division of Consumer Counsel within the Department of Business Regulation.
- Sec. 16-2c. Division of Adjudication.
- Sec. 16-3. Vacancy.
- Sec. 16-3a. Appointment of initial members. Transfer of business between commission and authority.
- Sec. 16-4. Employees of public service companies, certified telecommunications providers and electric suppliers ineligible to serve on authority or in department.
- Sec. 16-5. Removal.
- Sec. 16-6. Office and records.
- Sec. 16-6a. Participation in proceedings before federal agencies and federal courts. Expenses.
- Sec. 16-6b. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-6c. Power to delay implementation of electric suppliers' generation portfolio standards.
- Sec. 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty.
- Sec. 16-8. Examination of witnesses and documents. Hearing examiners. Management audits.
- Sec. 16-8a. Protection of employee of public service company, contractor or Nuclear Regulatory Commission from retaliation. Procedures. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-8b. Labor disputes at public service companies. Determination of unreasonable profits during dispute. Refunds.
- Sec. 16-8c. Examination of witnesses and documents. Audits. Relationship between public service companies and subsidiaries.
- Sec. 16-8d. Recovery of costs, expenses, judgments or attorney's fees for an action brought under section 16-8a.
- Sec. 16-9. Orders.
- Sec. 16-9a. Party status in proceedings before department.
- Sec. 16-10. Enforcement of statutes and orders.
- Sec. 16-10a. Revocation of franchises. Procedure. Reassignment.
- Sec. 16-11. Safety of public and employees. Powers.
- Sec. 16-11a. Nuclear Energy Advisory Council; composition; duties.
- Sec. 16-12. Complaints as to dangerous conditions.
- Sec. 16-13. Procedure upon complaint.
- Sec. 16-14. Powers concerning electrolysis or escape of electricity.
- Sec. 16-15. Compliance with orders. Penalty.
- Sec. 16-16. Report of accidents.
- Sec. 16-17. Duties as to accidents.
- Sec. 16-18. Powers concerning poles and wires.
- Sec. 16-18a. Consultants: Retention, expenses, findings and recommendations.
- Sec. 16-19. Amendment of rate schedule; investigations and findings by department; hearings; deferral of municipal rate increases; refunds; notice of application for rate amendment, interim rate amendment and reopening of rate proceeding.
- Sec. 16-19a. Periodic review re gas, electric and electric distribution companies' rates, services and performance. Approval of performance-based incentives.
- Sec. 16-19b. Purchased gas adjustment clauses and energy adjustment clauses.
- Sec. 16-19c. Investigation of fuel cost adjustment and purchased gas adjustment charges.
- Sec. 16-19d. Advertising not to be deemed an operating expense for purposes of rate-making. Disclosure of source of payment for advertising.
- Sec. 16-19e. Guidelines for transfer of assets and franchises, plant expansion, internal utility management and rate structures. Public hearing. Policy coordination among state agencies. Parties to rate proceeding.
- Sec. 16-19f. Rate design standards for electric utilities. Determination of appropriateness. Implementation.
- Sec. 16-19g. Penalty for failure to report nuclear incident not an operating expense.
- Sec. 16-19h. Reopening of water company rate proceedings.
- Sec. 16-19i. Electric company residential customer service charge indicated on bill.
- Sec. 16-19j. Portion of department staff to be made party to certain rate proceedings.
- Sec. 16-19k. Costs of educational materials or information on water conservation included as operating costs.
- Sec. 16-19l.
- Sec. 16-19m. Decommissioning of nuclear power generating facilities. Definitions.
- Sec. 16-19n. Decommissioning financing plan. Contents.
- Sec. 16-19o. Decommissioning financing plan. Updates. Hearing approval.
- Sec. 16-19p. Review of plan. Changes.
- Sec. 16-19q. Decommissioning costs. Liability.
- Secs. 16-19r to 16-19t. Three Mile Island nuclear power generating facility damage costs prohibited from being placed in rate base or included as operating expenses. Revenues associated with construction of electric company facilities and Millstone 3 and Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facilities; rate treatment; proceedings on economic viability of Seabrook 1; low power startup decontamination costs of Seabrook 1 not included in rates. Excess construction costs of Millstone 3 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates.
- Sec. 16-19u. Monthly reports from nuclear power generating facility licensees re construction costs and progress.
- Sec. 16-19v. Excess construction costs of Seabrook 1 nuclear power generating facility not included in rates.
- Sec. 16-19w. Prohibition on inclusion of certain costs associated with construction of Seabrook 2 nuclear power generating facility in rates.
- Sec. 16-19x. Phase-in of costs of certain large electric generating facilities.
- Sec. 16-19y. Rate treatment of enhanced 9-1-1 service costs.
- Sec. 16-19z. Rate treatment of land purchased, owned or retained by water companies for water supply protection or future water supply use.
- Sec. 16-19aa. Excess generating capacity. Exclusion of costs associated with. Return on and depreciation of unrecovered investment in generating facilities.
- Sec. 16-19bb. Application or refund of electric or electric distribution company rate moderation funds.
- Sec. 16-19cc. Semiannual reports from nuclear generating facility licensees re: Maintenance, refueling and shutdown schedules. Penalty for shutdown for a significant period of time.
- Sec. 16-19dd. Moratorium on changing agricultural rates.
- Sec. 16-19ee. Reports from electric or electric distribution companies concerning electrical outages from power surges.
- Sec. 16-19ff. Submetering allowed at recreational campgrounds, individual slips at marinas and other locations. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-19gg. Factors to be considered during a rate proceeding.
- Sec. 16-19hh. Implementation of flexible pricing and rates. Special contracts for electric service. Exemption from competitive transition assessment. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-19ii. Use of electric resistance space heating. Differential rates.
- Sec. 16-19jj. Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
- Sec. 16-19kk. Finding re conservation and load management programs. Department's investigation into a company's earnings and volume of sales. Rates of return for conservation and load management programs and programs promoting the state's economic development. Considerations in establishing company's authorized return. Performance-based incentives. Consumer Counsel authorized to retain experts. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-19ll. Submittal of legislation re encouraging conservation and load management programs, etc.
- Sec. 16-19mm. Consideration of external costs and benefits.
- Sec. 16-19nn. Encouragement of specific end uses of electricity and gas.
- Sec. 16-19oo. Approval of rate amendments for conservation and load management programs or programs promoting the state's economic development in proceedings other than rate proceedings.
- Sec. 16-19pp. Uncontested proceedings before the department. Participating parties.
- Sec. 16-19qq. Outages of nuclear power generating facilities; rate proceedings; rebuttable presumption of imprudent management.
- Sec. 16-19rr. Rates charged by electric and electric distribution companies and electric utilities to veterans' organizations.
- Sec. 16-19ss. Solicitations for the provision of temporary electric generation facilities.
- Sec. 16-20. Inadequate service or unreasonable rates; petition to department.
- Sec. 16-21. Change of rates fixed pursuant to charter or contract.
- Sec. 16-22. Rates; transfer of assets or franchise; burden of proof.
- Sec. 16-23. Regulations and service prescribed by department deemed reasonable.
- Sec. 16-24. Classification of service.
- Sec. 16-25. Time and place of hearings. Notice.
- Sec. 16-25a. Hearings on Office of Consumer Counsel petitions.
- Sec. 16-26. Public hearing to be held in locality affected.
- Sec. 16-27. Returns from public service companies. Reports from community antenna television companies. Penalty. Form 8-K reports.
- Sec. 16-28. Correction of returns and reports.
- Sec. 16-29. Returns from municipalities.
- Sec. 16-30. Returns from motor bus companies. Penalty.
- Sec. 16-31. Remission of forfeitures by the Attorney General.
- Sec. 16-32. Annual audit report.
- Sec. 16-32a. Filing re procurement practices. Public hearing. Regulations re competitive bidding.
- Sec. 16-32b. Regional water authority or water district to submit annual report.
- Sec. 16-32c. Water company rate adjustments. Application. Notice to customers.
- Sec. 16-32d.
- Sec. 16-32e. Emergency plans to be filed by public service companies, telecommunications companies and municipal utilities. Hearings. Revisions.
- Sec. 16-32f. Gas company supply and demand forecast reports and conservation plans.
- Sec. 16-32g. Electric wire maintenance plans. Regulations.
- Sec. 16-33. Obstructing department; false entries and returns to; penalty.
- Sec. 16-34. Annual reports to Governor.
- Sec. 16-35. Appeals to Superior Court.
- Secs. 16-36 to 16-39. Venue. Procedure on appeal. Notice when parties are numerous. Supersedeas.
- Sec. 16-40. Rights and duties of trustees and receivers.
- Sec. 16-41. Imposition of civil penalties by the department.
- Sec. 16-42. Not to affect labor contracts.
- Sec. 16-43. Merger or sale of public service companies. Issuance and approval of securities. Net proceeds from sale of water company land. Allocation of economic benefits of sale of water company land.
- Sec. 16-43a. Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of department.
- Sec. 16-43b. Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits.
- Sec. 16-43c. Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school
- Sec. 16-44. Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty.
- Sec. 16-44a. Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies.
- Sec. 16-45. Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies.
- Sec. 16-46. Dissolution or termination of public service company. Cessation of public service operations.
- Sec. 16-47. Holding companies. Approval of department re exercise of control. Investigation and hearing. Annual reports. Injunctive relief.
- Sec. 16-48. Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states.
- Sec. 16-48a. Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established.
- Sec. 16-49. Expenses of Department of Public Utility Control and Office of Consumer Counsel. Assessment of regulated companies.
- Secs. 16-49a to 16-49c. Appropriation. Council on water company lands established. Moratorium on sale of water company lands; duties of council.
- Sec. 16-49d. Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975.
- Sec. 16-49e. Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service.
- Sec. 16-50. Employees. Consultants.
- Sec. 16-50a. Local filing of maps on acquisition of property.
- Sec. 16-50b. Declaration of policy.
- Sec. 16-50c. Notification of intent to dispose of unimproved real property. Approval or disapproval by department. Hearing.
- Sec. 16-50d. Action to acquire property.
- Sec. 16-50e. Notices to town clerk.
- Sec. 16-50f. Solicitation of insurance applications from employees of public service companies. Payroll deductions.
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